Vocabulary
The meaning of tenacity.
What is the quality of being determined or of holding fast?
Implicit vs Explicit
What is implied vs. what is directly stated in the text?
Irrelevant information
What is not important or related to the information?
Figurative Language & Nuance
What gives the power to expand meanings and to create vivid and meaningful notions in the minds of readers.
Idea mapping
What is a visual representation of ideas and the connections between them?
The meaning of exacerbate.
What is to make more severe?
Central Idea
What is the key point authors try to make in writing
Thesis Statement
What is the last sentence in the introductory to describe the the main points of an essay?
Syntax
What is the way words, phrases, and sentences are arranged to demonstrate authors meaning, purpose, and style the most effectively?
Objective summary
What is to inform with a formal tone and recognize the purpose of audience without bias?
The meaning of succinct.
What is expressed without unnecessary words?
Rhetoric
What is the art of persuasion in writing?
Graphic Aids
What are different forms of media used to and further information/evidence/insight of topic in essay?
Popular sovereignty
What is the constitutional principle that relates to individuals, rather than someone within the government, having the power to control their rights?
Neutral and unbiased
What is language in an argument that is not positive nor negative?
The meaning of retaliation.
What is the act of reprisal/getting revenge?
Theme
What is central message of universal truth conveyed by a text?
Argumentative Writing
What is a type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and counterclaims
Separation of powers
What is the constitutional principle of that states that government should divide power among three branches to limit the power of any individual branch?
Conclusion
What is the restatement of the thesis statement and additional closure elements
The meaning of indemnity.
What is protection against loss or damage?
Denotation vs. Connotation
What is the emotional associations that a word carries, which adds a layer of meaning vs. what is a word’s literal dictionary definition?
Components of style
What is tone, sentences, and vocabulary?
Checks and Balances
What is the belief that the power of government should be divided among the three branches of government—the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
Counter-claim
What is a claim made to rebut a previous claim?